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Why I voted in a safe seat
A little while ago I posited the argument that not voting is a proxy vote for the winner. Now I’m going to suggest that it’s worth voting even in a safe seat where you’re voting against the incumbent. In Lichfield I’ve voted for Rob Pass, the Green Party candidate. He won’t get anywhere close to…
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8 reasons I’m voting Conservative and UK Independence Party
The merger of the Conservative and Unionist Party and the United Kingdom Independence Party is the greatest thing to happen in British politics since Maggie’s valiant fight against Europe. Proposed by their former election chief in 2012, pushed forward by Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless and finalised by David Cameron with his promise to deliver an EU referendum, the joining…
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Anger is a gift
Use that anger. That’s what Andy Bennetts, parliamentary candidate for Class War in Lichfield said during a hustings at the weekend. A favourite song of mine is Freedom by Rage Against The Machine. It includes this line: Anger is a gift. I love that because I believe it. My anger at our political system has…
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New Orleans
My job is so terrible at times. I had to spend a whole week in New Orleans at the beginning of March. Awful. Just awful.* We stayed in the Garden District and worked at this lovely place: We actually got a lot of work done – even working into one of the afternoons we had kept free…
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Grassmarket Hotel, Edinburgh
A few weeks ago, for a work trip, I spent a couple of nights at the Grassmarket Hotel. It was a bit more interesting than the usual so I wanted to post about it. Arriving at first, there was no-one to greet me which was a bit disappointing but it seems the bar next door is…
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30
I stole this idea from Matt.* It’s been quite the year. My mini-me had just turned one year old at the start. I gave up seven years of freelancing to become a salaried employee again, with the fantastic Code For The People, who six months later sold me to Automattic.** Lots of travelling was had. In August,…
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It’s always #TimeToTalk
We shouldn’t need an excuse to talk about mental health but why pass up the opportunity. Any time is a good time to talk about mental health. I’m depressed right now (sort of). I’m on anti-depressants to help me cope with a very difficult situation. This is the first time I’ve had medical help with depression, but…
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You are powerful – Aaron Swartz
It’s easy sometimes to feel like you’re powerless, like when you come out on the streets and you march and yell and nobody hears you. But I’m here to tell you today you are powerful. — Aaron Swartz
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2010 shows that voting or not doesn’t change the end result
“Post 2010, we all got austerity measures, bedroom taxes, NHS reforms and tuition fees that absolutely nobody voted for because absolutely no political manifesto mentioned them.” http://gu.com/p/45x2f